One of the most efficient lighting technology is based on light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Common LED drivers with AC-input (50-60Hz) usually require a bulk electrolytic capacitor to decrease low-frequency ripple in the output. However, the critical element that limits the lifespan of the LED driver is the electrolytic capacitor. An isolated off-line LED driver is proposed in this paper, in which ...

It is shown that self-heating of electrolytic capacitors causes the output current of a capacitor bank to increase with successive shots even though the charge voltage is held constant. Self heating of only 10 °C can cause a near tripling in the gas output of the gas puffing valves commonly used in spheromak research. By using metallized polypropylene film capacitors instead of electrolytic cap...

A "translation" of the phenomenological permeability coefficients into friction and distribution coefficients amenable to physical interpretation is presented. Expressions are obtained for the solute permeability coefficient omega and the reflection coefficient sigma for both non-electrolytic and electrolytic permeants. An analysis of the coefficients is given for loose membranes as well as for...

The electrolytic stability windows of several aqueous electrolytes were investigated by a constant current method. The electrode potential range depended upon the value of the imposed current. The magnitude of this behavior varied with the salt solution, its concentration, and pH of the electrolyte. At a leakage current density of 50 A/cm2, a 5 M solution of LiNO3 had an electrolytic window of ...

This paper proposes a novel electrolytic-free quasi-Z-Source Ćuk LED driver for automotive applications. Compared to the traditional converter, first merit of converter is higher gain, which makes it apt switch between multiple Secondly, proposed combines inherent characteristics load operate in wide range Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM), so inductors can assist energy storage, and only small ...

Waste iron sulfate is produced in titanium dioxide manufacture and in steel pickling with sulfuric acid. Many processes have been proposed to use this waste as a source of chemicals or raw materials. The process developed here is based on the reaction with pure or waste calcium chloride (Solvay brine) to obtain iron(I1) chloride and gypsum as a b y product. The iron chloride solution can either...

Electrochemistry (EC) combined on-line with atomic mass spectrometry (MS) and related techniques (e.g., inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, ICP–AES) affords an avenue for analysis of metals present at ultratrace levels and the effective elimination of matrix effects detrimental to atomic MS and spectrometric techniques. In addition, electrode reactions involving inorganic s...

Methods 516 children, aged 3–8 years, from four schools in Marafa, Kenya, were randomly assigned to four groups. All were given the same amount of porridge fi ve times a week. The porridge for one group was made from unfortifi ed whole maize fl our; for the other three groups it was fortifi ed with either high-dose NaFeEDTA (56 mg/kg), low-dose NaFeEDTA (28 mg/kg), or electrolytic iron (56 mg/k...

The effect of processing (homogenization, lyophilization, acid-extraction) meat products on iron uptake from meat combined with uncooked iron-fortified cereal was evaluated using an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model. Beef was cooked, blended to create smaller meat particles, and combined with electrolytic iron-fortified infant rice cereal. Chicken liver was cooked and blended, lyophilized, o...

A specialized vacuum electrolysis reactor was designed, constructed, and utilized for 13-carbon isotope analysis of formic acid-13C and acetic acid-13C, each highly enriched at the C1-position. This reusable reactor was equipped with two platinum wire electrodes, miniature stir bar, and sidearm reaction chamber. The associated technique developed for 13-carbon isotope analysis is based upon ele...